8.
47 %
”Cleantech is our only
business area in
Finland”
26 %
”Cleantech is our only
business area
internationally”
25 %
”Cleantech has grown
faster than our other
business areas in
Finland”
30 %
”Cleantech has grown
faster than our other
business areas
internationally”
GREAT GROWTH
POTENTIAL

17.
58 %
have
encountered
problems with
public
financing
”Difficult to find financing
for piloting equipment”
”Money is available for
product development, but
public financing ends
when it is time to sell and
market.”
”Strong focus on R&D and
technology, less
opportunities for
innovation development
in services and finance.”
”Terms are rigid and keep
changing all the time.”
”Support for startup
companies should be
centralized to one place
that would offer larger
financing in one go. Now it
takes a lot of time to sort out
different sources.”
”Money is given to those
who already have it, but
not to those who need it.”

18.
HOWWILL CLEANTECH
DEVELOP BY 2020?
”More distributed
energy production”
”Use of solid waste
as an energy
source”
”Hopefully Finland
will become a
model nation for
cleantech”
”Normal people
will wake up to
cleantech thinking”
”Everything will be
reused, nothing is
waste anymore”

20.
KEY CONCLUSIONS
Cleantech has strong
growth potential for
several years to come
There are plenty of
growth-hungry
cleantech companies
– they just need the
right support
Domestic cleantech
market in Finland
needs a boost –
companies need more
domestic showcases
Public financing for
commercialization
needs to be improved